Tire



Patented pr. 29, i924.

teaser RO'LLO C. BARKER, OF HAYDEN, ARZONA.

TIRE.

.applicationv filed May 11, 1923. Serial No. 638,812A

To all 'w71 om t may concer/nf.'

'Be it lnown thatl, loLLo C. Benning a citizen of the `United States, residing at Haydenj in the county ofGila and State of Arizona, have invented new and useful .linprovements in Tiresr` of which the following is a specification.

The present invention coniprehends the provision ofV a resilient tire for vehicles and its primary object is to produce a tire which dispenses fith the pneumatic principle now commonly employed.

A further object is to provide a means whereby the tire will possess a maximum amount of resiliencyv and durability and yet be of simple construction, one that can be easily repaired when damaged and which may be used on automobile wheels now constructed and can be easily applied to the rim of such wheels with very slight changes thereto.

Another object is to produce a. means which can be easily adapted to be used in combination with the tire easing now on the market and which comprises a resilient band to be positioned within the casing, but spaced from the upper inner wall thereof by a shock absorbing strip which not only protects the casing but materially adds to the flexibility of the tire, and this above referred to combination will produce a resilient tire which is capable of sustaining the weight of the car to which it is attached and yet contain a sutlicient amount of resiliency for easy riding and be practically immune from punctures and the like which tires that employ the pneumatic prin ciple are subject to. Y

A still further object is to produce a substantial and simple means for Vsecuring the tire casing to the rim of the wheel after the resilient band and shock absorbing strip is positioned therein, and such means constitutes bolts, which are passed through the rim of the wheel and the beads of the tire casing respectively.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, y

illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appendedl claim. Y A

ln describing the invention in detail' reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters'denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views and in whichz Y Y Figure l is a fragmentary side elevation of a tire casing for the purpose of illustrating my improvement.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken proximately on line 2 2 of Figure l.

A.Figure 3 is a sectional view talen approximately on line 3-8 of Figure 4.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view of the resilient band showing the securing means for the ends thereof.

Referring now to the drawings in detail an ordinary tire casing is broadly indicated by the numeral l. This casing has the usual beads 2 formed on'its edges and are shown in the drawings positioned as usual for engaging the inner edges of the rim 3, which is Asecured to the felly il.

Positioned within the casing and engagingy the wall intermediate of the side walls and being shaped to conform to the cross sectional curvature of the tire casing there is a shock absorbing protector strip `5, constructed preferably7 of'material of suilicient yieldability to properly space a substantially semi-circular in cross section metallic resilient band 6 which engages the strip in its entirety and extends slightly beyond the side edges thereof. The side edges of this resilient band are curved inwardly as at 7 yand are spaced a considerable distance from the rim l as clearly shown in the drawings. This band is of a nature to permit sufficient expansion to keep the side walls ap -V Vof the tire from collapsing when the tire is secured to the rim. It should be stated that this band 6 will be made in different sizes suitable for different size tires and each band should be slightly larger than the tire casing in which it is to 'be used so that it is necessary. to force the tire around the band when the tire is being secured to the rim, in a manner which will be presently described. The band 6 is also transversely split as at S and its ends are secured together, such securing means consisting of a lug 9 rigidly secured adjacent one end and a tongue l0 is carried by the opposite end andladapted to be received in a recess longitudinally formed in the lug 9.

After the shock absorbing protector strip is suitably placed in the tire casing l, the

regular intervals in the bead and passingV through these apertures and simil-ar spaces apertures l2 in the rim are headed bolts 13 which extend through both sides oi the rimas showin The opposite bead or the casing vis also apertured as at 113 and 'receives the opposite end of the bolts. Nuts 14 are operatively associated Withv 'the bolts ll.

it is the-iight from the .foregoingvdeseription that the advantages and novel features ot' the invention will be'readily app-arent and desired that it-be understood that VCertain changes .in the construction and` arrangement of the several partswill be made, provided that suoli Changes 'fa-ll `ivi-thin the Vscope of the appended claim which is as i'olloWszp Y t The' conibinationfwith a rnn *of a Vehicle and a tire easing,

arranged in con-fronting contacting engagement7 said band having its sides bent doWnlWardly and inwardly in unobstructed paralthe'band from the inner periphery thereof, ysaid band being 'adapt'edto force apart theV side Wallsof the casing to preventthe eollapsing thereof and bolts passing' through the beads of the casing' and the ri'in respectively for the purpose specied.

ln testimony whereof I ax my signature.

vnonno o. Banaan.

p of a transi'ersely split band having` its ends detaehably Vsecured and 7,30 a proteotive'strip engaging` 

